2063

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Monoecious

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common (rare in GA Coastal Plain)

Look for it in a wide range of moist to dry, acidic to nutrient-rich forests, per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist ...Dry

LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & low alternate, 3-ranked

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Unisexual
Perianth absent
3 stamens
Superior ovary
Inflorescences: spikes (terminal staminate, overtopped by 3-5 lateral pistillate

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Nutlet

 

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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Carex laxiflora   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Carex laxiflora +   FAMILY Cyperaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 030-17-069:
Carex laxiflora   FAMILY Cyperaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Carex laxiflora var. laxiflora